[Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Dima
Hello Today, after the next regular virus database update antivirus stopped working. The following quote log database update and response program. /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log : -- ClamAV update process started at Fri Apr 16 05:21:01 2010 WARNING: Your Cl

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 10:21 AM, Dima wrote: Hello Today, after the next regular virus database update antivirus stopped working. The following quote log database update and response program. Fri Apr 16 10:12:14 2010 -> clamd daemon 0.92.1 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH: i386, CPU: i386) http://www.clamav.n

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 10:37 +0300, Török Edwin wrote: > On 04/16/2010 10:21 AM, Dima wrote: > > Hello > > > > Today, after the next regular virus database update antivirus stopped > > working. The following quote log database update and response program. > > > > Fri Apr 16 10:12:14 2010 -> clamd

[Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Dima
> Upgrade it. If you use Debian add the volatile repository. > > Best regards, --Edwin server:/# dpkg --get-selections|grep clam clamav install clamav-base install clamav-daemon install c

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:58:29 +0300 "Dima" wrote: > Hit http://archive.debian.org sarge/volatile/non-free Packages > Hit http://archive.debian.org sarge/volatile/non-free Release > Reading Package Lists... Done > server:/# LANG=C apt-get install clamav clamav-base clamav-daemon > clamav-freshclam

[Clamav-users] www.clamav.net down?

2010-04-16 Thread Steve Basford
Hi, www.clamav.net seems to have been down for short periods of time today, is there extra load due to the EOL announce on the site? Example here: http://host-tracker.com/check_res_ajx/4730986-0/ Cheers, Steve Sanesecurity ___ Help us build a compr

[Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Dima
There is a small problem - until this morning me and tens of thousands of other users of this operating system is fully suited for more than 5 years. Update your operating system is now quick and painless can not perform because of very many reasons, such as your - incompatibility (eg convert MySQL

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:28:44 +0300 "Dima" wrote: > There is a small problem - until this morning me and tens of thousands of > other users of this operating system is fully suited for more than 5 > years. Update your operating system is now quick and painless can not > perform because of very man

[Clamav-users] Replacement for the ArchiveBlockMax option?

2010-04-16 Thread Pierre-Yves Rofes
Hello, The "ArchiveBlockMax" option has been deprecated since 0.93, but unlike the "ArchiveMaxFileSize" and "ArchiveMaxFiles", no replacement option exist. I'd like to know if there's a specific reason to that. Thanks, -- Pierre-Yves Rofes ___ H

[Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Steve Basford
Hi, Just for interest.. feedback on EOL... http://search.twitter.com/search?q=clamav Cheers, Steve Sanesecurity ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Richard Bishop
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:58:29 +0300, "Dima" wrote: >> Upgrade it. If you use Debian add the volatile repository. > Hit http://archive.debian.org sarge/main Packages > Hit http://archive.debian.org sarge/main Release > Hit http://archive.debian.org sarge/contrib Packages > Hit http://archive.debi

[Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Sasa
Hi, I have a problem with clamav-0.95.2, I have use clamav with freshclam/postfix/amavisd-new and in log file I have: Apr 16 11:30:51 mail amavis[2321]: (02321-02) ClamAV-clamd av-scanner FAILED: Too many retries to talk to /tmp/clamd (Can't connect to UNIX socket /tmp/clamd: No such file or d

[Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Dima
I have something very much doubt that this can be done on the old compiler using libraries of those times. ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml

Re: [Clamav-users] Can the builders quit screwing with the Socket configs?

2010-04-16 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:08:54 -0700, Dennis Peterson articulated: > Getting them from the same place is no guarantee that builds will > follow a template or standards. This is why I build from scratch. I > always get what I want that way, and if it doesn't work I buy the > builder a beer ;). That

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 01:07 PM, Dima wrote: I have something very much doubt that this can be done on the old compiler using libraries of those times. People have successfully built ClamAV on various old systems, maybe not with all the features, but it surely built and run. Just give it a try. Best

[Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Jerry
Dima, would you please include a subject with your posts. It makes it somewhat easier to follow a thread. In any case, at some point in time, when it comes to updating software, or whole operating systems, you just have to "bite the bullet." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet http://www

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Sasa
I can add that I have made upgrade from 0.92.1 to 0.95.2 on three mail server and on all mail server I have the same problem about: Apr 16 11:30:51 mail amavis[2321]: (02321-02) ClamAV-clamd av-scanner FAILED: Too many retries to talk to /tmp/clamd (Can't connect to UNIX socket /tmp/clamd: No su

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 01:39 PM, Sasa wrote: in /etc/init.d/clamd I have: ulimit -f 3 Did you try increasing that? Best regards, --Edwin ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Richard Bishop wrote: You are running Debian Sarge! That's been EOL and unsupported for over 2 years (March 2008). See here - http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/ Yes, I am as well - and for several good reasons. 1) If it aint broke, don't fix it. It works, has worked reliably for several

[Clamav-users] Debian Sarge - what now ?

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
OK, so I get into work this morning to be told there's a problem with the mail server - and the helpdesk have had calls from several clients who aren't getting any mail. The first hint I have is a delayed mail message from one of the servers which included the following : (expanded from ): h

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Jerry wrote: In any case, at some point in time, when it comes to updating software, or whole operating systems, you just have to "bite the bullet." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bite-the-bullet.html Or, to put it in simpler terms, "It's better

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> Hi, > > Just for interest.. feedback on EOL... > > http://search.twitter.com/search?q=clamav Indeed, an EOL on the previous minor version is quite an hazard and may be regarded as a self-destructive behavior: it could easily became an End-Of-(product-)Line, meaning that people will switch to s

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Gareth Hopkins
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni < giampa...@tomassoni.biz> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Just for interest.. feedback on EOL... > > > > http://search.twitter.com/search?q=clamav > > Indeed, an EOL on the previous minor version is quite an hazard and may be > regarded as a self-destru

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:05:40 +0100, Simon Hobson articulated: > Jerry wrote: > > >In any case, at some point in time, when it comes to updating > >software, or whole operating systems, you just have to "bite the > >bullet." > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet > >http://www.phrase

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Francesco Peeters
On 4/16/10 13:15 , Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just for interest.. feedback on EOL... >> >> http://search.twitter.com/search?q=clamav >> > Indeed, an EOL on the previous minor version is quite an hazard and may be > regarded as a self-destructive behavior: it could easily became an

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Leonardo Rodrigues
Em 16/04/2010 08:15, Giampaolo Tomassoni escreveu: Indeed, an EOL on the previous minor version is quite an hazard and may be regarded as a self-destructive behavior: it could easily became an End-Of-(product-)Line, meaning that people will switch to something more "serious"... this is

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Leonardo Rodrigues
Em 16/04/2010 08:29, Gareth Hopkins escreveu: Any proactive admin should be monitoring their software mailing lists so the excuse of "We weren't told" or "Why all of a sudden" are null and void. I dont know in which world you live ... but in the REAL world i live, not all systems are

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> > > Hi, > > > > > > Just for interest.. feedback on EOL... > > > > > > http://search.twitter.com/search?q=clamav > > > > Indeed, an EOL on the previous minor version is quite an hazard and > may be > > regarded as a self-destructive behavior: it could easily became an > > End-Of-(product-)Line, m

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Sasa
Hi, I have tried with: unlimit -f 4 but the error message is always present, but on another mail I haven't this error messare but I have on all mail server this error: Apr 16 11:30:51 mail amavis[2321]: (02321-02) ClamAV-clamd av-scanner FAILED: Too many retries to talk to /tmp/clamd (Can

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 03:12 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: Wasn't it better to instead have freshclam to stop updating the database? I don't know of any way to stop freshclam from updating. Some mirrors can blacklist old versions, but not most/all. Please note freshclam is very used to issue alerts w

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Leonardo Rodrigues
Em 16/04/2010 07:22, Török Edwin escreveu: On 04/16/2010 01:07 PM, Dima wrote: I have something very much doubt that this can be done on the old compiler using libraries of those times. People have successfully built ClamAV on various old systems, maybe not with all the features, but it sure

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 03:12 PM, Sasa wrote: Hi, I have tried with: unlimit -f 4 By increase I meant something more significant, like a factor of ten increase. Once you get it working, you can start decreasing to find out how much it really needs. 4 is probably ~20MB, which is very small.

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> It was explicitly stated that clamd will be disabled. In which language? Giampaolo ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> > Wasn't it better to instead have freshclam to stop updating the > database? > > I don't know of any way to stop freshclam from updating. > Some mirrors can blacklist old versions, but not most/all. Using a new DNS tree, such that old freshclam versions were unable to perform the job? Giampao

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 03:17 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: It was explicitly stated that clamd will be disabled. In which language? "Starting from 15 April 2010 our CVD will contain a special signature which disables all clamd installations older than 0.95" http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/2009/10/05

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Francesco Peeters wrote: How long back do McAfee or Norton, etc. support their clients? Only difference (aside from the fact you have to pay them for the privilege) is they just force the upgrade on you during the standard upgrades, no matter how inconvenient it may be... ClamAV gives you 6 mont

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Jerry wrote: > Still, it would be better still if someone didn't break in and snuff our candles out to force us to switch to electricity ! At some point a candle will burn out. Simple fact of life. OK, so perhaps bad analogy - if it were an oil lamp, I could keep adding oil ! > What mi

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 03:24 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: Wasn't it better to instead have freshclam to stop updating the database? I don't know of any way to stop freshclam from updating. Some mirrors can blacklist old versions, but not most/all. Using a new DNS tree, such that old freshclam versio

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Sasa
Hi, I have tried with: unlimit -f 8 and now on boot I haven't more the error message but, after reboot, in log file I have always this error message: Apr 16 11:30:51 mail amavis[2321]: (02321-02) ClamAV-clamd av-scanner FAILED: Too many retries to talk to /tmp/clamd (Can't connect to UNIX

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Török Edwin wrote: On 04/16/2010 03:17 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: It was explicitly stated that clamd will be disabled. In which language? "Starting from 15 April 2010 our CVD will contain a special signature which disables all clamd installations older than 0.95" http://www.clamav.

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 03:39 PM, Sasa wrote: Hi, I have tried with: unlimit -f 8 and now on boot I haven't more the error message but Is clamd running? Try clamdscan --version. , after reboot, in log file I have always this error message: Apr 16 11:30:51 mail amavis[2321]: (02321-02) ClamAV-cl

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 03:40 PM, Simon Hobson wrote: Török Edwin wrote: On 04/16/2010 03:17 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: It was explicitly stated that clamd will be disabled. In which language? "Starting from 15 April 2010 our CVD will contain a special signature which disables all clamd installa

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Aecio F. Neto
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Gareth Hopkins wrote: > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni < > giampa...@tomassoni.biz> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Just for interest.. feedback on EOL... > > > > > > http://search.twitter.com/search?q=clamav > > > > Indeed, an EOL on the prev

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Aecio F. Neto
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Leonardo Rodrigues < leolis...@solutti.com.br> wrote: > Em 16/04/2010 08:29, Gareth Hopkins escreveu: > > >> Any proactive admin should be monitoring their software mailing lists so >> the >> excuse of "We weren't told" or "Why all of >> a sudden" are null and void

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Török Edwin wrote: Could you please point out where in this log extract it mentions anything about the software getting remotely turned off ? Received signal: wake up ClamAV update process started at Fri Apr 16 10:26:14 2010 WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED! WARNING: Local version

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Maurice Lucas - TAOS-IT
> -Original Message- > From: clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net [mailto:clamav-users- > boun...@lists.clamav.net] On Behalf Of Leonardo Rodrigues > Sent: vrijdag 16 april 2010 13:39 > To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets > > Em 16/04/2010 08:29,

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Sasa
Hi and thank for your support, now I have this situation: [r...@mail ~]# clamdscan --version ClamAV 0.95.2/10751/Fri Apr 16 05:23:45 2010 and my clamd.conf is: [r...@mail ~]# cat /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf LocalSocket /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock FixStaleSocket yes User clamav AllowSupplementaryGr

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Maurice Lucas - TAOS-IT
> > It was explicitly stated that clamd will be disabled. > > In which language? http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/2009/10/05/eol-clamav-094/ All ClamAV releases older than 0.95 are affected by a bug in freshclam which prevents incremental updates from working with signatures longer than 980 byte

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 04:19 PM, Sasa wrote: Hi and thank for your support, now I have this situation: [r...@mail ~]# clamdscan --version ClamAV 0.95.2/10751/Fri Apr 16 05:23:45 2010 and my clamd.conf is: [r...@mail ~]# cat /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf LocalSocket /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock In amavisd.

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
Sasa wrote: > Hi and thank for your support, now I have this situation: > > [r...@mail ~]# clamdscan --version > ClamAV 0.95.2/10751/Fri Apr 16 05:23:45 2010 > > and my clamd.conf is: > > [r...@mail ~]# cat /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf > LocalSocket /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock > FixStaleSocket yes > Us

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:31:01 +0100, Simon Hobson articulated: > Jerry wrote: > > > > Still, it would be better still if someone didn't break in and > > > snuff > >> our candles out to force us to switch to electricity ! > > > >At some point a candle will burn out. Simple fact of life. > > OK

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-16 Thread Francis Stevens
Leonardo Rodrigues wrote: Em 16/04/2010 07:22, Török Edwin escreveu: On 04/16/2010 01:07 PM, Dima wrote: I have something very much doubt that this can be done on the old compiler using libraries of those times. People have successfully built ClamAV on various old systems, maybe not with al

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Sasa
I have modified in clamd.conf: LocalSocket /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock and in amavisd.conf: \&ask_daemon, ["CONTSCAN {}\n", "/var/run/clamav/clamd.sock and then I have restarted mail server but the errore message is always present and the same situation is present on three mail server, this's

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
Simon Hobson wrote: > > Today I've gone from having a server that "just runs" and has run with > virtually no oversight for several years to one that "just broke". > > I had to disable AV scanning this morning in order to get the mail > moving, now I've disabled freshclam and rolled back the databa

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Maurice Lucas - TAOS-IT wrote: > I dont know in which world you live ... but in the REAL world i live, not all systems are managed by proactive admins. In fact, in the REAL world, LOTS of systems are just left alone running. And it works most of the time, despite of all the theorical a

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
Sasa wrote: > I have modified in clamd.conf: > > LocalSocket /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock > > and in amavisd.conf: > > \&ask_daemon, ["CONTSCAN {}\n", "/var/run/clamav/clamd.sock > > and then I have restarted mail server but the errore message is always > present and the same situation is present on

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> >> I don't know of any way to stop freshclam from updating. > >> Some mirrors can blacklist old versions, but not most/all. > > > > Using a new DNS tree, such that old freshclam versions were unable to > > perform the job? > > The DNS servers don't receive any information about the version of >

[Clamav-users] clamdtop crashing

2010-04-16 Thread Chris
I'm trying to figure out what is causing, in my opinion, abnormal memory usage when clam is running. I started clamdtop and shortly thereafter it crashed with the below: Connecting to: /var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket Abnormal program termination: Failed to reconnect to clamd after connection was lost

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Sasa
yes, I have restart the machine ! On log file I have this error: Apr 16 15:45:43 mail amavis[9710]: (09710-01-3) ClamAV-clamd: Can't connect to UNIX socket /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock: No such file or directory, retrying (2) Thanks. -- Salvatore. - Original Message - From:

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
Sasa wrote: > yes, I have restart the machine ! > On log file I have this error: > > Apr 16 15:45:43 mail amavis[9710]: (09710-01-3) ClamAV-clamd: Can't > connect to UNIX socket /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock: No such file or > directory, retrying (2) So the error changed. That's the kind of thing we

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Phil Schilling
On Apr 16, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Sasa wrote: yes, I have restart the machine ! On log file I have this error: Apr 16 15:45:43 mail amavis[9710]: (09710-01-3) ClamAV-clamd: Can't connect to UNIX socket /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock: No such file or directory, retrying (2) Thanks. Does the di

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Maurice Lucas - TAOS-IT
> > > despite of all the warnings, the EOL signature was a bad move > in > >> my opinion. > > > >We are talking about a message send to everyone who cares for there > >system of October 5th, 2009. > > As pointed out, it was ***NOT*** sent to people running the servers - > you've done the eq

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> If you don't have the time, knowledge, or whatever. Don't be a > sysadmin. > > Being a sysadmin for a PRODUCTION server is a real job. > I hire someone to fix my car and repair my roof. It is decades now I'm a sysadmin, but I don't agree with your statement. I keep repairing my car by myself (

[Clamav-users] FreeBSD 6.2 ClamAV/zlib problems and solution

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
Hi, I just had a chat on #clamav with 2 people having problem with ClamAV 0.96 on FreeBSD 6.2. (everything was OK on FreeBSD 6.3) The symptom is that clamscan/clamd never starts, just loops infinitely trying to load the DB, --debug shows: Libclamav debug: in cli_tgzload() The system was usi

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: I don't know of any way to stop freshclam from updating. Some mirrors can blacklist old versions, but not most/all. >>> Using a new DNS tree, such that old freshclam versions were unable to >>> perform the job? >>> >> The DNS servers don't r

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> If I run a ssh service on my machine, and yes I do, I keep track of the > ssh announce list. > Why because I hate it to find my root password changed because there > was a security update I didn't updated 6 months ago because an apt-get > update/upgrade didn't work anymore. So you're subscribed

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Sasa
Hi, I have this situation: [r...@mail ~]# ps -ef | grep clamd clamav1911 1 0 14:32 ?00:00:02 /usr/local/sbin/clamd [r...@mail ~]# netstat -lnp | grep clamd unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 4217 1911/clamd /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock -- Salvatore.

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> Not a bad idea. It could be generalized to something like: > >0.95.3.cvd.clamav.net >0.96.cvd.clamav.net > > Each version would have it's own DNS name for updates. All of them > would point to the same group of servers. (Maybe just make them cnames > for current.cvd...) Then

Re: [Clamav-users] clamdtop crashing

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 04:43 PM, Chris wrote: I'm trying to figure out what is causing, in my opinion, abnormal memory usage when clam is running. I started clamdtop and shortly thereafter it crashed with the below: Connecting to: /var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket Is this the right socket? See clamconf | gr

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 05:09 PM, Sasa wrote: Hi, I have this situation: [r...@mail ~]# ps -ef | grep clamd clamav 1911 1 0 14:32 ? 00:00:02 /usr/local/sbin/clamd [r...@mail ~]# netstat -lnp | grep clamd unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 4217 1911/clamd /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock Did you restart amavis?

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Török Edwin
On 04/16/2010 05:03 PM, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: If I run a ssh service on my machine, and yes I do, I keep track of the ssh announce list. Why because I hate it to find my root password changed because there was a security update I didn't updated 6 months ago because an apt-get update/upgrade

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:03:27 -0300, Leonardo Rodrigues articulated: > this is the first time, in SEVERAL years that i work with IT, > that i've seen a software publisher pushing a 'kill' signature to its > own software. Could you please qualify that statement. Do you mean that this is the f

Re: [Clamav-users] File size limit exceeded

2010-04-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
So clamd is listening to /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock, but amavisd claims the file doesn't exist. Does the file exist? And does amavisd have permissions to it? What do you get from these commands? # ls -ld /var/run/clamav # ls -l /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock -- Bowie Sasa wrote: > Hi, I

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Jerry wrote: > > > What might have been a few minutes to you, is in fact a week or > > two >> for me - building a new server, configuring it (the old configs >> aren't really useful when the software has progressed over the >> years), tested it fully, and then migrated all the users a

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Bowie Bailey wrote: Personally, I keep my servers updated, so the EOL issue didn't affect me, And on another server (that's newer and is updated), I got bitten by that as well when an update broke something and I had to manually figure out which update was responsible and find versions of wh

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:01:31 -0400 Bowie Bailey wrote: > Not a bad idea. It could be generalized to something like: > >0.95.3.cvd.clamav.net >0.96.cvd.clamav.net > > Each version would have it's own DNS name for updates. All of them > would point to the same group of servers.

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> >> If I run a ssh service on my machine, and yes I do, I keep track of > the > >> ssh announce list. > >> Why because I hate it to find my root password changed because there > >> was a security update I didn't updated 6 months ago because an apt- > get > >> update/upgrade didn't work anymore. >

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread McDonald, Dan
On 4/16/10 9:03 AM, "Giampaolo Tomassoni" wrote: >> If I run a ssh service on my machine, and yes I do, I keep track of the >> ssh announce list. >> Why because I hate it to find my root password changed because there >> was a security update I didn't updated 6 months ago because an apt-get >> up

[Clamav-users] Hard disk flooded by clamav since yesterday

2010-04-16 Thread Moretza
Howdy, ClamAV has been installed on all our Ensim servers, they're outdated. Since yesterday /tmp directory is full of clamav folders, each containing files like this: # ll -h /tmp/clamav-15831ee031ce5b07/ total 55M -rw--- 1 root root 18K Apr 16 10:47 COPYING -rw--- 1 root root 4.6M

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Jason Bertoch
On 2010/04/16 10:28 AM, Simon Hobson wrote: So keeping up to date has it's own risks - hence why many people take the attitude of "if it aint broke, don't fix it". It's broke...please go fix it. -- /Jason smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature __

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> > this is the first time, in SEVERAL years that i work with IT, > > that i've seen a software publisher pushing a 'kill' signature to its > > own software. > > Could you please qualify that statement. Do you mean that this is the > first instance of this kind you have experienced in several

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Christopher X. Candreva
It seems this has brought out people who don't normally read this list. Let me save you some tilting at windmills. The philosophy of the ClamAV team has always been, when in doubt clamd will not run. There are many people, myself included, who disagree with this. We have made our objections kn

Re: [Clamav-users] Hard disk flooded by clamav since yesterday

2010-04-16 Thread Jason Bertoch
On 2010/04/16 11:32 AM, Moretza wrote: Howdy, ClamAV has been installed on all our Ensim servers, they're outdated. Since yesterday /tmp directory is full of clamav folders, each containing files like this: # ll -h /tmp/clamav-15831ee031ce5b07/ total 55M -rw--- 1 root root 18K Apr 16 10

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Francis Stevens
Simon Hobson wrote: And then of course, there's an element of "which language" ? It's one thing if I can just hit "make clean ; make" and it all works - but when it doesn't - then being able to at least read whatever language is kinda useful. I do have some programming experience (done Pasca

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Leonardo Rodrigues : it's VERY common in the software industry to stop supporting old versions, but they simply stay working. For six months, you've been told to either upgrade or disable signature updates. If you'd done either, you would still be running fine. clamav took a V

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:24:39 +0100, Simon Hobson articulated: [snip] The problem with getting in a pissing contest is that even if you win, you get wet. There are dozens of other analogies I could use; however, I don't want to offend you. The bottom line is: 1) You and you alone are responsibl

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Simon Hobson : At no point have I seen anything in the logs on my servers to say it was going to be turned off. Like many others, the first I knew was when I got to work this morning and the server wasn't working. Because they should have obviously jumped in the way-back-machine and

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Stefan Hornburg (Racke)
Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: If I run a ssh service on my machine, and yes I do, I keep track of the ssh announce list. Why because I hate it to find my root password changed because there was a security update I didn't updated 6 months ago because an apt- get update/upgrade didn't work anymore

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:05:42 +0200, Giampaolo Tomassoni articulated: > Unfortunately, the net result will be that the management of the small > companies running their crappy and old mailing systems will have to > hardly face the fact their mailing box doesn't work anymore because a > free compon

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:53:47 -0400, Jason Bertoch articulated: > It's broke...please go fix it. I was going to say that myself; however, I did not want to rub it in. -- Jerry clamav.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:08:47 -0400 (EDT), Christopher X. Candreva articulated: > > It seems this has brought out people who don't normally read this > list. Let me save you some tilting at windmills. > > The philosophy of the ClamAV team has always been, when in doubt > clamd will not run. Ther

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> The philosophy of the ClamAV team has always been, when in doubt clamd > will not run. There are many people, myself included, who disagree with > this. We have made our objections known, and this is not how the devs > choose to run their project. > > It is their right. I choose to run ClamAV an

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Bowie Bailey : A suggestion for the future... Rather than disabling clamd with the EOL signature, have freshclam key on the signature (or something else about the file) and fail the update with a notice that the current version is no longer supported. This won't work unless we can pre

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Simon Hobson
Jerry wrote: The bottom line is: 1) You and you alone are responsible for your system. You failed to keep it up-to-date and are now suffering the consequences. Trying to off-load that onto someone else's plate just isn't going to cut it. Please stop telling me what I said - at least until you

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Simon Hobson : As pointed out, it was ***NOT*** sent to people running the servers - you've done the equivalent of Ford putting a notice up in it's corporate reception and expecting all owners to know about it. Had I known 6 months ago rather than this morning, I'd not be complainin

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Giampaolo Tomassoni : What if this DNS name stops responding (and be propagated to mirrors) and instead a new current1.cvd.clamav.net (or maybe current.cvd1.clamav.net if you dislike the first) start working? Clamav's 0.96 could issue requests to that brand new name to get updates, while

Re: [Clamav-users] Hard disk flooded by clamav since yesterday

2010-04-16 Thread Leonardo Rodrigues
Em 16/04/2010 12:32, Moretza escreveu: Howdy, ClamAV has been installed on all our Ensim servers, they're outdated. Since yesterday /tmp directory is full of clamav folders, each containing files like this: # ll -h /tmp/clamav-15831ee031ce5b07/ total 55M -rw--- 1 root root 18K Apr 16 10

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
Eric Rostetter wrote: > Quoting Bowie Bailey : > >> A suggestion for the future... Rather than disabling clamd with the EOL >> signature, have freshclam key on the signature (or something else about >> the file) and fail the update with a notice that the current version is >> no longer supported.

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading System for latest ClamAV version

2010-04-16 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 16, 2010, at 4:05 AM, Simon Hobson wrote: Well IFF I had the skills, and IFF the server had the tools installed, then I suppose I might be able to compile the source (having figured out how to deal with the broken dependencies). On the first, I don't - that's why I'm using packag

Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets

2010-04-16 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> Quoting Giampaolo Tomassoni : > > > What if this DNS name stops responding (and be propagated to mirrors) > and > > instead a new current1.cvd.clamav.net (or maybe > current.cvd1.clamav.net if > > you dislike the first) start working? Clamav's 0.96 could issue > requests to > > that brand new na

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